Tagger



Feb. 19, 1929.

F. C. SARGENT ET AL TAGGER Filed March 27, 1928 iizal'z'dfito 2 216 3 Patented Feb. 19, 1929.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK C. SARGEN'I', OF WINCHESTER, AND RALPH W. ARMSTRONG, OF HAlHII-TON, MASSACHUSETTS.

TAGGER.

Application filed larch 27, 1928. Serial No. 265,117.

The present invention relates to means for identifying remote objects. The remoteness of these objects may be because they are not conveniently accessible to the person desirous of identifying them, because they are energized and therefore dangerous to said person, or because they are both dangerous and not conveniently accessible. Among such ob'ects may be mentioned various elements of a igh potential transmission circuit such as electrical instruments, switches, bus-bars, spans of transmision wire and insulators therefor. High potential transmission circuits are both dangerous and are not conveniently accessible as they transmit a high voltage on a line elevated above the ground. Insulators in high potential transmission circuits are subject to deterioration and are therefore inspected regularly. Heretofore, when an insulator was found in a condition requirin its repair or removal the inspector was obllged to designate such an insulatorin his report through a diagram or by reference to the number of the tower or pole carr in the insulator to be repaired or removed ith this method of identification costly mistakes are of frequent occurrence.

The principal object of the present invention is to produce a means for identifying remote objects havinfl peculiar adaptability to the identification oi insulatorsin high potential transmission circuits. 1

To the accomplishment of this object, and such others as may hereinafter appear, the various features of the present invention consist in certain devices, combinations and arrangementsof parts full. set forth hereinafter, the advantages of w ich will be readily understood by those skilled in the art.

The various features of the present invention will be explained in connection with the accompanying drawing, illustrating the best form of the invention at, present devised, in which,

Figure 1 is a plan of the blank for the tagcarrier;

Fig. 2 is an elevation of the tag-carrier bent into shape before tempering;

Fig. 3 is an elevation of the tag-carrier ready for use;

Fig. i is a detail in elevation of the yoke which holds the tag-carrier;

Fig. 5 is a detail in elevation of the tagger ready for use;

may be attached if desired. This carrier 11,

with or without the tag 12, is placed on the transmission wire adjacent the insulator which requires repair or removal. The'carrier may however indicate the repair or removal of the span itself or any electrical instrument, switch or bus-bar connectedto the high potential transmission wire.

The carrier 11 is formed from a rectangula blank 13 (Fig. 1) of spring steel having notches 14 and 15 therein. The blank 13 is first bent into the shape of Fi 2 in which position it is oil-tempered to a air degree of stifiness and then may be nickel-plated to prevent its rusting. The free ends 9 and 10 are crossed and the notches 14 and 15 are interfitted to produce a pot-bellied figure-8- shaped carrier as shown in Fig. 3.

In order to provide the wire 8 with the carrier 11, with or without the tag 12, we provide a pole 16 (Figs. 5and6) which ma be made up of sectionsof wood insulate by impregnation. Secured to one end of the pole 16, by meansof a strap17, is a flexible yoke or holder 18 which is constructed of nickelplated brass. The yoke 18 is provided with internal shoulders 19 and 20 and flaring ends 21 and 22. The other end of the pole 15 provided with a hook 23.

In using the device the flarin ends'21 and '22 of the yokeare bent towar s eachother slightly and the ends 9 and 10 of the carrier 11 are separated by squeezing pressure exerted on opposite sides of the carrier below the notches 14 and 15. LThe operative may bend the flaring ends 21 and 22 with one hand while the ends 9 and 10 may be separated by pressure exerted by the thumb and index finger of the other hand. The separated ends 9 and 10 are then inserted laterally into the shoulders 19 and 20. With this construction the carrier 11 is firmly held under tension by the yoke 18. The pole is then elevated to position the flaring ends 21 and 22 on op 0- site sides of the wire to be tagged. With a quick upward movement of the pole the tensioned carrier 11 ma be engaged with the wire 8, as shown in E igs. 5 and 6. Further pressure of the carrier 11 against the wire 8 presses the ends 9 and 10 of: the carrier out of the shoulders 19 and 20 whereupon the released arms 9 and 10 spring into clamping engagement with the wire 8, as shown in Fig. 7. The wire 8, or any part connected thereto, is thus identified by a pensile tag comprising either the carrier 11 alone or the carrier 11 and the attached instruction tag 12.

After the repair or replacement of the de tective part the carrier 11 may be removed readily from the re-energized span by means of the hook 23 on the bottom of the pole 16.

While for the purposes of disclosure the identifications of the various elements connected to a high potential transmission wire have been illustrated and described, it will be apparent that many remote objects either energized, de-energized or non-electrical may be identified readily. It will be apparent also to those skilled in the art that changes may be made in the details of construction, the described and illustrated embodiment of the invention being intended as an exploitation of its underlying essentials, the features whereof will be definitely stated in their true scope in the claims hereto appended.

What is claimed as new, is:

1. A device for use about high potential transmission circuits comprising an insulated pole, a resilient yoke secured thereto and provided with internal shoulders, and a tag carrier having a resilient figure-S-shaped body terminating in crossed arms having ends received under tension by the internal shoulders on the yoke, respectively.

2. In a means for identifying a remote object, the combination with an identifier having arms constructed to approach and embrace the object, of a holder constructed to hold the arms of the identifier separated and to release said arms by the engagement of the identifier with the object.

3. In a means for identifying a remote object, the combination with an identifier having arms constructed to spring into engagement with the object, of a holder constructed to hold the arms of the identifier separated under tension and to release the tensioned arms when the identifier is pressed against the object thus to permit the released arms to spring into engagement with the object.

4%. In a means for identifying a remote object, the combination with an identifier having spring arms constructed normally to embrace the object, of a resilient holder constructed to hold the arms separated against their normal spring tension and to release the tensioned arms when the identifier is pressed against the object to permit the released arms to return to normal position and thus embrace the object.

5. In a means for identifying a remote ob ject, the combination with an identifier having a resilient figure-8-shaped body terminating in arms constructed to embrace the object, oi a holder comprising a resilient yoke having internal shoulders constructed to receive the ends of the arms of the identifier while separated under tension and to release the tensioned arms oi the identifier when it is pressed against the object to permit the released arms to engage the object.

6. In a means for providing an energized object with a pensile tag, the combination with a resilient tag-carrier provided with arms constructed to embrace the object, of a resilient holder constructed to hold the ends of the arms of the carrier separated under tension and to release said arms when the tensioned carrier is pressed against the object to permit the released arms to spring into engagement with the object.

7. In a means for identifying a remote object, the combination with an identifier hav ing arms constructed to embrace the object, of

v a holder constructed to hold the arms of the identifier separated, the separated arms and the holder therefor being relatively movable both to permit the assembly and the disengagement of the arms and the holder.

8. In a means for identifying a remote object, the combination with a resilient identifier havingarms constructed to embrace the object, of a holder constructed to receive the arms of the identifier, separated against their normal spring tension, by a relative lateral movement of the arms and the holder, and to release said arms from the holder by a relative movement of the arms and the holder directionally difierent from that of the first named movement.

FRANK O. SARGENT. RALPH W. ARMSTRONG. 

